Who ever though Firefox could be even faster than what it already is? Well, my friend came over the other day, and he showed me how fast his firefox was. I asked him how he did it, said he tweaked it. So I went online looking for Firefox tweaks and found this little site with a couple of tweaks I can do. Well, needless to say I did them  

This thing is super fast.. I feel like I'm running on T1  


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299854/posts

Mazza wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 1:28am:



You know ... THE warranty.

But nice find SubZer0

SimV is a LOT faster for me 

I was also hoping he'd stop by and drop a line on this. all my other internet settings are as he suggested, these are the only different things.

NickN wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 12:20pm:



Have I misunderstood what you have said? I ask because pretty much everyone seems to think that FF is a safer internet interface than EE??

Matt

by the way.. they all have their holes and they all get patched the same eventually

There is no difference

but I will say this.. with FF you dont think you are getting a free browser for nothing? do you?

There is a reason why such products are released and use fear and hatred to generate use.. they get something back and that is your browser habits


Nothing illegal about that either but none the less this horse manure that has been planted over the years about FF being safe and taking you away from being monitored is just that... manure


so enjoy what ever browesr you like and make sure the system is correctly secure with NOD32 or something that you get what you pay for in protection without killing system resources

JBaymore wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 1:25pm:





John

You wanna know what is really hilarious? (and sad)

All the MS haters out there using the premise that IE is not secure and MS spies on you.. FF was made specifically for collecting browser habits so the people that bought into that parade are being looked at more than MS ever looked at anyone. IE does not bounce around and ping through proxy systems or ports to record browser habits periodically and actually respects the users privacy.

Its really amazing how much fear and hate drive something.. like the last 8 years

no difference


No matter what you do Windows pings home base from time to time.. FF makes sure its makers get what they want

There is no such thing as a free lunch and I really have to laugh my arse off when I read how much safer and less monitored people feel on FF

expat wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 2:55pm:




Like I said Matt

Use whatever browser you like.. the defense line in any computer is the installed AV and browser scanner in it or other products which may work along side such as SpyBots installs

Malware can get into a system even with all of the above in order no matter what browser in use the designer is up to date on their code and patches.. usually it comes in through the user allowing something anyway which nothing is going to stop unless it has a defined signature for spy or virus


Even the firewall programs out there are pretty much a joke unless you are a corporation and need that kind of firewall support and even then, they use hardware firewalls with 'traps'.. this silly software firewall junk is just that.. junk as the Windows SP2/SP3/Vista firewall is just fine

LOL!

Fanboy, huh

I’m the first in line with a paddle when MS messes up. I was there with Vista (still am) and I was there for just about every other blunder and screw job so that fanboy comment goes right where it belongs

*flush*

As for the rest of it.. what makes removing a ‘unique identifier’ from an error report more secure and not allow 'any' information to be collected?

Excuse me.. Mcfly! Does than mean up until last month you WERE being identified and does the EULA allow for it?

OK.. take it way.. now, whats stopping them from grabbing a snapshot of traffic for demographics based on .. .hmmm lets see, I can only name about 20 categories without the UID which can deliver some grade A USDA choice cut information.

Tell ya what..  you enjoy Firefox as its no more secure and no less invasive than any MS trick out there over the years..  but MS did back off IE especially with all the hub-bub in EU about it around Vista.


What if I were to tell you some real slick FF tricks were looked at as a possible models for MS SEARCH off the desktop? Would you believe that?

Do I care?

No!    LOL!

Would I be stupid enough to risk my connections from the past or the agreements I have from consulting in the past on projects by posting direct data or information?

No!   LOL!




I dont protect or 'fanboy' MS but you sure do like FF and go so far as to accuse me of slander.. with flat-out nothing to back it up either!

Thats the fanboy spirit!

I got a better idea, lighten up and just enjoy what you like to use.

I do   

I'm using Google's new Chrome, and have to say, i'm thoroughly enjoying it 

it's probably no more safe than any other, nor do i care... i never had much spyware trouble, or viruses for that matter... so i'm quite comfortable with my security settings

i use Chrome because it's fast... not connectivity-wise fast (it's just as fast browsing as any other)... but it's light on the system, it comes up just as you click it's icon... no load time (for me, FF was getting relly slow)

and i like the way this browser handles tabs... and it has cool features 

Cheers